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Sportsnet Stanley Cup Playoff predictions

The Hockey Central panel presents their Stanley Cup playoff predictions, showing a surprising amount of unity as far as who they feel will dominate the East and the West, if still split on who will reign as champions.

The 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs are set to start Wednesday night with four games on the schedule. You can bet there will be an upset or two along the way, but picking where those upsets will come is the tricky part.

Seven teams that failed to qualify for the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs got back into the tournament this year. And for the first time since 2004, five Canadian teams are being represented. Meanwhile, last year’s Stanley Cup champion is out, as are the 2014 Presidents’ Trophy winners, so the field is wide open. Parity rules in 2015.

We polled Sportsnet writers and analysts for their first round predictions, Stanley Cup finalist and champion and who they think will take home the Conn Smythe at the end of it all. Check out their picks below.

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